Goryeo missions to Japan represent a crucial aspect of the international relations of mutual Goryeo-Japanese contacts and communication, especially during the years in which there were no official contacts between the leaders of Goryeo and the leaders of Japan.[1]
The unique nature of these bilateral diplomatic exchanges evolved from a conceptual framework developed by the Chinese. Gradually, the theoretical model would be modified. The changing model mirrors the evolution of a unique relationship between two neighboring states.[1]
Goryeo diplomacy[edit]
The establishment of Goryeo in 918 was accompanied by break in bilateral relations with Japan. Taejo of Goryeo was focused on consolidation within the confines of his kingdom.[2] Goryeo twice sent envoys to Japan, hoping to establish relations, but the venture was rebuffed by the Japanese.[1]
In 1367, Kim Yong and Kim Il traveled as representative of Goryeo to the court of thee Ashikaga shogunate. On their return in 1368, Japanese monks Bonto and Bonryu from Tenryu-ji went with them. This was the first diplomatic exchange between Goryeo and Japan since the early 10th century.[2]
Na Heung-yu represented Goryeo interests during his visit to Japan in 1375.[2]
Goryeo envoy Jeong Mongju traveled to Japan in 1377;[3] and the consequences of his efforts unfolded slowly.
The Joseon foreign policy would evolve from foundations established in the course Goryeo's foreign relations history.
List of Goryeo diplomatic envoys[edit]
- Kim Yong[2]
- Kim Il[2]
- Na Heung-yu[2]
- Jeong Mongju (1337-1392)[4]
- Hank Guk-ju[4]
- Yi Gong-seung (1099-1183)[5]
Cultural influence[edit]
A number of items were influenced by Goryeo such as architecture. A wooden gate style called Kōrai-mon (高麗門 "Goryeo") gate developed in Japanese castles and later other buildings as well.
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Kang, Jae-eun et al. (2006). The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism, p. 75.
- ^ a b c d e f Kang, p. 200.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 313; Korea-Japan Relations> Middle Ages> 4. Waegu and the Korea-Japan Relationship. Archived 2009-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Kang, p. 201.
- ^ Korean Institute of Traditional Landscape Architecture. (1999). Korean Traditional Landscape Architecture, p. 183.
References[edit]
- Kang, Jae-eun and Suzanne Lee. (2006). The Land of Scholars : Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism. Paramus, New Jersey: Homa & Sekey Books. ISBN 978-1-931-90737-8; OCLC 60931394
- Na, Jongwoo. "Relation with Japan in the Era of Koryo," International Journal of Korean History. Vol. 10 (December 2006): 71-92.
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 84067437
- Von Verschuer, Charlotte. "Japan’s Foreign Relations 1200 to 1392 A.D.: A Translation from Zenrin Kokuhoki," Monumenta Nipponica. Vol. 57, No. 4 (Winter 2002): 413-445.